In my bathroom I have one of those 'all-in-one' power showers with the pump built into the shower unit.
the wall it is mounted on backs onto the airing cupboard, and the pwore cable for the shower comes through that wall, and then down to where it is plugged into a standard 'looking' mains socket. (I say standard 'looking' as at this time I am not 100% certain where it is fed from).
Anyway, the CU downstairs is of the older type with the re-wirable ceramic plug in fuxes, and a single large ON/OFF switch for the entire board.
Q1) Is it 'advisable' to add an RCD inline to the shower feed?
Q2) What is the best way of doing this?
Should I get some kind of inline RCD and then put this in the airing cupboard and hardwire it between the shower and whatever circuit the socket is currently on?
Should I instead get one of the plug-in RCD's (like you use with your lawn mower!) and just put this between the existing socket the shower is using, and the plug on the end of it's power cord?
Many thanks for all & any advice
the wall it is mounted on backs onto the airing cupboard, and the pwore cable for the shower comes through that wall, and then down to where it is plugged into a standard 'looking' mains socket. (I say standard 'looking' as at this time I am not 100% certain where it is fed from).
Anyway, the CU downstairs is of the older type with the re-wirable ceramic plug in fuxes, and a single large ON/OFF switch for the entire board.
Q1) Is it 'advisable' to add an RCD inline to the shower feed?
Q2) What is the best way of doing this?
Should I get some kind of inline RCD and then put this in the airing cupboard and hardwire it between the shower and whatever circuit the socket is currently on?
Should I instead get one of the plug-in RCD's (like you use with your lawn mower!) and just put this between the existing socket the shower is using, and the plug on the end of it's power cord?
Many thanks for all & any advice